You shall have joy, or you shall have power, said God; you shall not have both.
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

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I like the silent church before the service begins, better than any preaching.
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Let me never fall into the vulgar mistake of dreaming that I am persecuted whenever I am contradicted.
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Sometimes a scream is better than a thesis.
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Every man I meet is in some way my superior; and in that I can learn of him.
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Every man is a new method.
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

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It is the fault of our rhetoric that we cannot strongly state one fact without seeming to belie some other.
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

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The ancestor of every action is a thought.
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Time dissipates to shining ether the solid angularity of facts.
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Do not be too timid and squeamish about your actions. All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better.
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

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